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Audit Report U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Inspector General AUDIT REPORT FOLLOWUP OF RECOMMENDATIONS CONCERNING THE HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY REPORT NO. 00-I-500 JUNE 2000 U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Inspector General EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Followup of Recommendations Concerning the Hawaiian Homes Commission, Office of the Secretary Report No. 00-I-500 June 2000 BACKGROUND The Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 (42 Stat. 108) was enacted in July 192 1 “to rehabilitate native Hawaiians on lands given the status of Hawaiian home lands.” The Act was administered by the Hawaii territorial government until the Hawaiian Islands became a state in 1959. At that time, the State of Hawaii assumed responsibility for the administration of the Home Lands Program through the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL), which was headed by the Hawaiian Homes Commission, a policy-making board. Additional State and Federal legislation related to Hawaiian home lands was enacted in 1995. As of June 30,1998, the DHHL owned about 197,673 acres of land on the islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii and had issued 5,189 residential leases; 1,057 agricultural leases; 30 1 pastoral leases; 118 general leases; and 94 revocable permits, which included permits for agricultural, pastoral, and commercial purposes. For the fiscal year ended May 3 1, 1999, the DHHL had total revenues of $126.4 million and expenditures of $55.7 million. In addition, the DHHL reported outstanding direct loans of $48.9 million and guaranteed loans of $127.8 million. OBJECTIVE The objective of our audit was to determine whether the U.S. Department ofthe Interior, the State of Hawaii, the Attorney General of Hawaii, and the Hawaiian Homes Commission had satisfactorily implemented the eight recommendations contained in our March 1992 audit report “Hawaiian Homes Commission, Of&e of the Secretary” (No. 92-I-641). RESULTS IN BRIEF Of the eight recommendations contained in the March 1992 report, we found that seven recommendations had been resolved and implemented and one recommendation had been withdrawn. The followup report did not contain any recommendations. N-IN-OSS-005-99-M United States Department of the Interior OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL Washington,D.C. 20240 AUDIT REPORT Memorandum To: Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget From: Subject: Audit Report on Followup of Recommendations Concerning the Hawaiian Homes Commission, Office of the Secrets (No. 00-1-500) This report presents the results of our followup review of recommendations concerning the HawaiianHomes Commission. The objective of our audit was to determine whether the U.S. Department of the Interior, the State of Hawaii, the Attorney General of Hawaii, and the Hawaiian Homes Commission had satisfactorily implemented the eight recommendations contained in our March 1992 audit report “Hawaiian Homes Commission, Offlce of the Secretary” (No. 92-I-641) and whether any new recommendations were warranted. BACKGROUND The Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 (42 Stat. 108) was enacted in July 192 1 “to rehabilitate native Hawaiians on lands given the status of Hawaiian home lands.” The Act was administered by the Hawaii territorial government until the Hawaiian Islands became a state in 1959. At that time, the State of Hawaii assumed responsibility for the administration of the Home Lands Program through the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL), which was headed by the Hawaiian Homes Commission, a policy-making board. In 1991, the Legislature accepted the Governor’s “Action Plan to Address Controversies under the Hawaiian Home Lands Trust and Public Land Trust.” The Governor convened a task force composed of representatives from the DHHL, the Office of State Planning, the Department of Land and Natural Resources, and the Department of the Attorney General. The task force was responsible for verifying title claims, determining whether improper uses were still in existence and whether these uses should be canceled or continued if authorized by the Commission, conducting appraisals and determining appropriate compensation for past and continued use of Hawaiian home lands, and pursuing all options for the return of lands and compensation from the Federal Government for wrongful actions during the territorial period. The task force’s actions led to 16,5 18 acres of public lands being conveyed by the State to the Hawaiian Homes Commission. 3 In June 1995, the Governor approved Act 14, which, among other provisions, reaffirmed the State’s intent to resolve controversies related to the Hawaiian home lands trust that arose through July 1, 1988; prohibited any and all future claims againstthe State; and established a trust fund to provide “a substantial, secure, and predictable funding source for the department of Hawaiian home lands.” Act 14 required the State to make annual deposits of $30 million for 20 years into the trust fund, beginning in fiscal year 1996. In November 1995, the U.S. Congress enacted the Hawaiian Home Lands Recovery Act of 1995 (Public Law 104-42) which authorized the United States to convey certain real property to the DHHL in exchange for full settlement and reIease of all claims arising from or relating to United States ownership and continued use of real property identified as “available lands” for native Hawaiians under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920. On August 3 1,1998, the United States and the State of Hawaii entered into a memorandum of agreement to implement the Hawaiian Home Lands Recovery Act of 1995. As of June 30,1998, the DHHL owned about 197,673 acres of land on the islands of Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii and had issued 5,189 residential leases; 1,057 agricultural leases; 301 pastoral leases; 118 general leases; and 94 revocable permits, which included permits for agricultural, pastoral, and commercial purposes. For the fiscal year ended June 30, 1999, the DHHL had total revenues of $299.2 million and expenditures of $80.1 million. In addition, the DHHL reported outstanding direct loans of $48.9 million and guaranteed loans of $127.8 million. SCOPE OF AUDIT The scope of the audit included a review of actions taken by the U.S. Department of the Interior, the State of Hawaii, the Attorney General of Hawaii, and the Hawaiian Homes Commission to implement the eight recommendations contained in our March 1992 audit report. To accomplish our audit objective, we interviewed officials and/or reviewed records at the State of Hawaii’s Office of the Governor; the State’s Office of the Auditor; the Departments of Hawaiian Home Lands, Accounting and General Services, and the Attorney General; and the Hawaiian Homes Commission. In addition, we interviewed officials from the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of the Secretary and Office of Insular Affairs; the U.S. Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Veterans Affairs; and the U.S. Small Business Administration. The audit was conducted in accordance with the “Government Auditing Standards,” issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Accordingly, we included such tests of records and other auditing procedures that were considered necessary under the circumstances. As part of the audit, we evaluated the Commission’s internal controls related to the DHHL’s financial and operational management of the Hawaiian Home Lands Program to the extent that we considered necessary to accomplish the audit objective. With regard to the prior audit recommendations, we did not identify any internal control weaknesses. During our followup audit, however, we identified internal control weaknesses related to the collection 4 of delinquent loans and property taxes owed by Hawaiian Home Land lessees and to the legal limit on the total amount of the outstanding guaranteed loans made to Hawaiian Home Land lessees. These weaknesses will be discussed in a separate audit report on the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. PRIOR AUDIT COVERAGE Our March 1992 audit report had eight recommendations: three recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior, three recommendations to the Governor of Hawaii, one recommendation to the Attorney General of Hawaii, and one recommendation to the Hawaiian Homes Commission. In addition to our March 1992 audit report that was the subject of this followup audit, in December 1993, the State’s Office of the Auditor issued the audit report “Management and Financial Audit of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands” (No. 93-22), which stated that (1) the Commission had not asserted its authority to direct and hold the DHHL accountable for effectively managing the program, resulting in the ineffective collection of delinquent loans, and (2) the DHHL continued to guarantee loans, even though it had exceeded the statutory limit by more than $5.8 million. Our current audit disclosed that both deficiencies still existed, and those issues will be discussed in our separate audit report on the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands. RESULTS OF AUDIT Of the eight recommendations made in the March 1992 report, we found that seven recommendations had been resolved and implemented and one recommendation had been withdrawn (see the Appendix), as discussed in the paragraphs that follow. Prior Audit Report Recommendations Recommendation A. 1. The Secretary of the Interior [should1 direct appropriate Department of the Interior officials to establish an oversipht system for monitoring the State of Hawaii’s activities in discharging State trust obligations in regard to the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act. The prior audit found that the Department did not effectively fulfill its oversight responsibility to ensure that the State discharged its trust obligations for the Hawaiian Home Lands Program. A 1983 Federal-State Task Force had recommended that the United States (1) be aware of the manner in which the State manages and disposes of trust lands, (2) satisfy itself that the State is not abusing its responsibilities as trustee, and (3) institute proceedings against the State for breach of trust if the State fails to properly discharge its responsibilities.
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